英国培育罕见金毛猪全身长卷毛

The pig who feels a little bit sheepish
看起来像绵羊的猪


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英国培育罕见金毛猪全身长卷毛
常言道，羊毛长在羊身上，谁会想到猪身上也会长出“羊毛”。在英国有一种金毛猪，全身上下长满了金毛，看上去绝对像一只肥肥胖胖的大绵羊。

　　“伊丽莎白”就是这样一头金毛猪，与普通的猪一样，它也会发出呼噜呼噜的声音，在饲料槽内吃食，一对猪爪小巧可爱。但它全身上下的卷毛，使得“伊丽莎白”吸引了众多人的眼球，足以令其“鹤立猪群”。

　　“伊丽莎白”是其所在家族——极为罕见的澳大利亚金毛猪(Austrian Mangalitza Gilt)——中的“王后”，它原产于匈牙利和澳大利亚，属于一种非常稀有并且古老的物种。全英只有十多头澳大利亚金毛猪，目前在英国境内有专门机构进行培育。

　　上周末，在兰开夏郡举行的家畜拍卖会上，“伊丽莎白”成为现场的焦点，经过激烈的争夺，农场主蒂姆·菲顿(Tim Fitton)最终以250英镑的价格成功拍得“伊丽莎白”。

　　据称，菲顿是为了女儿艾丽丝购买的。他说：“我女儿确实非常喜欢这只可爱的金毛猪。我们一家人都很喜欢动物，来到现场就是为了看看它究竟有何不同之处。我们应该积极宣传这种新品种，观看它与其它同类如何在一起生活定是一件非常有趣的事情。我希望我们可以通过它培育新品种。”


以下为英语原文：


She oinks, snuffles in a trough and has a fetching set of trotters.
But it's not just her tail that's curly.
Elizabeth the pig wears a golden fleece that could pull the wool over enough eyes to make her the pride of the flock.

Elizabeth is a spectacularly sheep-like pig
She is a queen of her species - a rare Austrian Mangalitza Gilt - and one of only a handful to thrive in Britain.

Elizabeth was the star buy at a livestock auction in Lancashire at the weekend.
There was frantic bidding, with farmer Tim Fitton paying the winning £250 to buy her for his daughter Alice.

'My daughter really took a shine to her,' he said.

Elizabeth was subject to a fierce bidding war, with the winner paying £250
'We love animals and we just came along to see what this one was all about really.

'We have got to promote these new breeds and it will be interesting to see what happens when we take her home and our own pigs see her. I hope we can breed from her.'

The pig, christened Elizabeth by her new keeper, is settling in well.